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and must continue to be, 
mostly a labor of love, never¬ 
theless more science and sys¬ 
tem are being brought to it 
every year, and these things 
are beginning to tell. 
The Opportunity 
But he who would have 
roses—and who would not?— 
need not wait for that rose 
millennium which some en¬ 
thusiasts dream of. With the 
roses now available, they may 
be had under almost all con¬ 
ditions, and from one end of 
the season to the other—every 
day around the year, in fact, 
if you have some greenhouse 
space which may be devoted 
to them. The range of kind 
or “type,” as distinguished 
from varieties, is not even yet 
recognized as widely as it 
should be; but information in 
that direction is fast becom¬ 
ing common property. One 
can now have roses, if the 
types are carefully selected, in 
almost any place where there 
is room for a plant to grow 
about the grounds—or, if put 
to it, in a window box. June 
is still the “month of roses 
but now, for every thousand 
flowers that morning brings 
and evening takes away, on 
For beds where a mass of color 
is desirable, as below, the baby 
ramblers are the thing 
the morrow we can have, if 
not a thousand more, at least 
a goodly number. 
Factors of Success 
No matter how many good 
roses there may be available, 
however, the price of success 
with roses must be a careful 
study of their requirements 
and eternal vigilance in seeing 
that they are supplied. To 
avoid plunging at once into a 
sea of detail in which the be¬ 
ginner might feel hopelessly 
lost, I have attempted to class¬ 
ify here, under four general 
headings which will be easily 
understood, all of the various 
things to which attention must 
be given. 
First, the selection of suit¬ 
able types, varieties and plants 
for such conditions as exist 
in any particular case. 
Second, the providing of 
conditions which will be con¬ 
genial and stimulating to roses 
in general and to the kind se¬ 
lected in particular. 
Third, culture: such prac¬ 
tice in the way of planting, 
cultivating, manuring, supply¬ 
ing moisture, fertilizing and 
pruning as experience has 
shown to be best. 
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Do not forget the climbing Amer¬ 
ican Beauty if you have an arbor 
to be covered 
